Megalorchestia
Megalorchestia | |
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Megalorchestia californiana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Suborder: | Gammaridea |
Family: | Talitridae |
Genus: | Megalorchestia |
Megalorchestia is a genus of sand-hoppers in the family Talitridae. The genus was erected by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Brandt in 1851 and the type species is Megalorchestia californiana.[1]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:-[1]
- Megalorchestia benedicti (Shoemaker, 1930)
- Megalorchestia californiana Brandt, 1851
- Megalorchestia columbiana (Bousfield, 1958)
- Megalorchestia corniculata (Stout, 1913)
- Megalorchestia dexterae Bousfield, 1982
- Megalorchestia minor (Bousfield, 1957)
- Megalorchestia pugettensis (Dana, 1853)
References
- 1 2 3 Lowry, Jim (2018). "Megalorchestia Brandt, 1851". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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